Door-securer.



PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

WY. YR E R TU m S JI HI APPLIOAT ION TILED HA3. 8, 1907.

UNITED STATEEATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. N. PETERSON, OF BOURNE, OREGON, ASSIGN OR O l! ONE-HALF 'lO JOHN W. FLEEGLE,

- OF BOURNE, OREGON.

DOOR-SECURER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed i 0 8, 1907. Serial lie-361,398.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HIN. PETERSON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at liourne, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers: and

I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact 1 description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use I the same.

My invention is an improved door fastener adapted longitudinally in order to cause it to bear both onthe inner side of the door and on the face of the door frame,

as shown in Fig. l and in full lines in Fig. 2, the said bar bein also ada )ted to be turned to a )osition rarallei i or substantially so with respect to the keeper member for use in fastening a door from the inside so that it cau not be opened from the outside and which may be readily applied without the necessity of employing any tools Whatever in seeming it in place, and the said in- Vcntion consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved door fastener showing the same applied to a door and door frame and in position to fasten the door from the inside; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by theline o-o of Fig. l and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the keeper.

2, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to enable the door to be opened. One end of the said bar 1, which I will term the outer end, is bent at right angles as at '7.

My improved door fastener may be used either by itself or on a door which is also provided with a lock of ordinary construction. it will be understood that my improved door fastener cannot be operated by means of a key or by the insertion of an instrument; from the outside between the door and the door frame, and hence renders the door inirglar-proof and can be operated only from the inside.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructitm may be resorted to without de- 1 parting .l'rom the principle orsacrilicing any of the ad- My improved door fastener comprises a bar 1 and a keeper 2. The keeper is made of thin plate or sheet metal, is here shown as of quadrangular shape, is adapted to be placed in the crack between the door frame A and the door B and is provided at its inner end with a plurality of points 3 which extend at an angle therefrom and are adapted to be embedded or forced into the door jamb to secure the keeper in place as shown in Fig.

2. At the outer end or edge of the keeper member are is also preferably made of plate metal of suitable thickness and is provided with a slot 6 which extends nearly from end to end thereof and is of sul'licient width to receive and clear the central pintle sleeve l of the keeper 2. The sides of the said keeper operate in the spaces between the central and the end sleeves 4 of the keeper 5 membelyand the rod or pintle 5 serves to connect the 1 bar 1 to the keeper 2 so that the said bar may be moved vantages of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A door fastener comprising a keeper member for insertion in the crack between a door and its frame and having laternlly-extendiug points projecting therefrom, adapted to be embedded or forced into the door jamb to secure the keeper in place and provided at its outer end with end plntle sleeves and a central pintle sleeve; a bar corre spending in width to the space between the end sleeves and adapted to slide between them, having a longitudinal slot to clear the central sleeve and having one of its ends bent at right angles, and a pintle extending through the sleeve of the keeper and over said bar and coacting with the sleeves of the keeper and the slot of said bar to pivot'ally connect the latter to the keeper and also for sliding movement with reference thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.lOlIN II. N. .lE'lEItSON.

Witnesses WiLmno B. Panama, JOHN W. I Lnnonia. 

